The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-09-29
Afticanization Of Louisiana.


elected Governor. Gen. Nichols, is,
we presume some go years of age;
has lived in Louisiana during his
whole life, except when boy, he at
tended school at West Point, and,
when as q soldier in the late war,
duty called him to the front, where
he won imperishable glory.
He is known to Louisianians as q
boy, as civilian, as a soldier, as the
chief of executive officers of the
State. The testimony of his class
mate, Gen. Weitzel, who was in COM
mand at Washington in the dark days
of 1876, to the lofty characten the
sturdy independence, the love of
truth and justice, the fearless courage
of the boy Nichols, together with
review of Nichols the soldier, in
duced Gen. Grant to favor the with
drawal of the troops from Louisiana,
and provoked him to write to Gen.
Anger TO let things take their course.
So far we discover nothing in his life
or bearing to justify the fear that he
is in favor of "Africanizing Louisi-
ana
After the war we find him with but
one leg and one arm, at the head of
$50 men armed with Winchester rifles,
the purpose of whose organization
was to prevent the differentiation"
of at least his parish. Upon one
notable occasion, when the fearless
commander, accompanied by but four
Of his comrades, pushed his way into
the Court house where the managers
of election we're counting the vote
with closed doors, and surrouded by
one hundred sworn in constables,
nearly all negroes, and armed with
pistols and cane knives, and when the
managers refused to show him the
list of votes, tally sheets, ETC., and to
count the votes openly as provided by
law, and when one of the ours relying
on his surrounding force, insulted
him, and when Gen. Nichols slapped
his jaws until they were blistered, we
still discover nothing of a disposition
to ssAfricanize Louisiana"
| On the same day, when more thar
1000 negroes had assembled, armed
to the teeth for the purpose of taking
vengeance on Gen. Nichols and hi
followers, we find him confronting
them at the head of his $50 men
stern and resolute as Cromwell, pa
tient as Hannibal, fearless as Cesar
and as just and discreet as Washing
ton. Surely they gather no fears o
| differentiation" from this picture.
When he was Governor, after hav
ing attained the place through |
combination of patience, discretion
tirmness, courage, physical, menta
and moral endurance, consumate skill
and wise craftsmanship, he carried on
the will of his party, as formulated
by the caucus representing it, ant
often contrary to his own convictions
and in obedience to promises made t.
the negroes by the leaders of th
party in the campaign in which b
WAS elected, we discover nothing O
Q disposition to "Africanize Louisi
ana" notwithstanding q negro wa
NOW and then put into some subordi
nate Office, such as member of tn
school board.
Il His subsequent career has bee
marked by the characteristics b
| which he had hitherto been distir
|, guished, until he appears to-day, tn
faultless citizen, theincorruptible pc
, triot, the answering Democrat; on
whose whole career is q living refr
tation Of the contemplate charge nc
believed even by those who make i
, that if elected, Nichols will "Afri
canise Louisiana"
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